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1 stroke
[strəuk] I noun1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) högg2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) happ; óhapp3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) sláttur, slag4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) dráttur; strik; pennafar5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) áratog6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) sundtak7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) handtak8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) slag; hjartaslag, heilablóðfall•II 1. verb(to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection: He stroked the cat / her hair; The dog loves being stroked.) strjúka2. noun(an act of stroking: He gave the dog a stroke.) stroka -
2 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) sjúga2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) sjúga3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) soga, sjúga4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.)2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) sog; tott- sucker- suck up to
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